Sunday, June 30, 2019

How Much Would A War Against Iran Cost?

Linda J. Bilmes, Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Neta C. Crawford, Boston Globe: War with Iran will cost more than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Seventeen years ago, a group of neoconservatives surrounding President George W. Bush persuaded him to mount a quick invasion of Iraq because, they alleged, it had “weapons of mass destruction.” That decision, based on dubious intelligence and taken against the advice of many of America’s closest allies, triggered a refugee crisis, destabilized the entire Middle East, and left the United States with a bill of nearly $6 trillion. Nearly 7,000 Americans have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, with more than 600,000 US troops injured and due to receive lifetime disability compensation.

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WNU Editor:  No one really knows what such a war would exactly cost. But everyone agrees that it would be enormous in both treasure and blood.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No worries. Mexico will pay for it.

Anonymous said...

Si!

Bob Huntley said...

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Anonymous said...

more than Trump hotel stay for a month

fazman said...

Enormous in blood?, yet Israel ponds them 300 times without a boo.... Bluff time